NZ cricket firm sets up India tech hub

Former New Zealand cricketer Stephen Fleming is one of the co-founders of CricHQ. Photo / Nigel Marple

A cricket-mad technology company from Wellington is continuing its rapid growth with the opening of a new office in India.

CricHQ, whose backers include former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming and current captain Brendon McCullum, runs a web and mobile-based system which allows players and fans to record scores and statistics live.

Its smartphone and tablet apps are free to download and allow users to check out scores, batting averages and other data, without having to be at the ground.

Since it was founded in 2010, CricHQ has grown to 58 staff across seven countries.

Chief executive Simon Baker said the company had now set up a new development hub in Chennai, southern India, to meet the demands of its growing customer base.

"The long term plan for the new office is to be on the cutting edge of technology development to support CricHQ's business model," he said.

The office would also serve as the hub for Indian and Asian operations.

"With Asia being cricket's power house, the Chennai office helps ingrain us in the local community as well as providing an opportunity to form strong cricketing relationships across Asia," Baker said.

Eleven local developers have been hired, who will work closely with the development team already based in Wellington.